How To: Replace A Capcom CPS2 Battery

In this episode, Chance walks though how to swap the 1/2AA battery in any Capcom CPS2 Arcade PCB.

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Music: Joakim Karud - Classic

[netropolis]

I dont even have any of these 90's boards... I am just here because I am happy you posted a new video!!

[mikeycourington]

Fast hands, man. You make it look easy. If my soldering skills were about ten times what they were, I'd consider attempting this.

[arcadesunday]

Easy to follow instructions. Very useful for those with CPS2 boards. I was just about to say "record the date you changed the battery" and then you did. Nice!

[subzerogeek]

Got a Street Fighter Alpha 3 a couple months ago. Had the battery ordered. Finally got around to do it today. All went smooth. Mine still had capcom seals on the screw holes. The original battery was still installed. It was a Maxell battery with a date code of 94/06. It still tested at 3.67v. Strange thing is the date code of battery is a year older then the release date of SF Alpha 3.

[chinosts]

Thanks for the video.. good to see you guys making new content..

[Megalocade]

More guts than I have lol, I have 14 cps2 boards, i usually change my batteries every 5 years but I would never do it without a piggy back battery in place before i desolder the old, can't risk it, back in the early days i was crapping me self especially when it came to my mint Japanese super street fighter 2 x and Japanese X-MEN COTA boards i hated doing those 2 the most as both are my favourite and worth a fortune now, I know that these days there are ways to revive a suicided board with infinity key or phoenix and lucky I have the equipment to do that but back when i bought those boards in 1996 there was no back up one slip up and it was a paper weight lol, funnily enough I've just redone my xmen and turned it on to be greeted with a white or purple screen, honestly thought Id messed up but turned out the connectors to the A board were dirty.

[pablojre]

30 seconds - 1 minute is a myth. You have 10+ minutes, usually 20-30 minutes before there's any concern. Take your time, don't panic.

[skeletorment]

I think battery replacement in of itself is kind of obsolete now that the Infinikey replaces the need for batteries altogether. I guess it's good if you want all original hardware, but if you swap batteries it's not exactly being kept original. Maybe for those without decent soldering skills. I don't know.

[waynegram]

What kind of battery type is the Capcom CPS2 battery? is it alkaline or lithium? Where is the Killswitch you're talking about that will delete the ROM game code you mentioned?